NCT05864339

Efficacy of a Designed Empathy Course

Status unknown NA Last updated 18 May 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing A designed empathy intervention in Smoking Cessation in 60 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

25 May 2023

Primary endpoint
31 July 2023

31 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	The University of Hong Kong
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	60
Start date	25 May 2023
Primary completion	31 July 2023
Estimated completion	31 July 2023
Sites	1 location across Hong Kong

Drugs / interventions tested

• A designed empathy intervention
• Smoking cessation counseling tutorial

Conditions studied

• Smoking Cessation — all drugs for Smoking Cessation →
• Nursing Education — all drugs for Nursing Education →

Sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Smoking Cessation or Nursing Education. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This proposed study aims to develop a designed empathy course intervention during the smoking cessation counseling (SCC) training for master nursing students at the University of Hong Kong.

The objectives are:

1. To increase master nursing students' empathy towards smokers.
2. To increase master nursing students' self-efficacy towards SCC.
3. To improve master nursing students' attitude towards SCC;
4. To increase master nursing students' use of 5As counseling skill(Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange) during their practice.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Effectiveness of a theory-based empathy enhancement in increasing Master of Nursing students' empathy and practice of smoking cessation intervention: A randomized controlled trial.
   Zhang G, Luk TT, Lam VSF, Zhao S, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40714657 · DOI 10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104483